Nancy, first of all, at an early convenient point, please revise your signature to include the model, hull number, and even your boat name. See other posts regarding forum participation, as by offering adequate background info you will help us to help you.

Now I just found out from another of your postings that you have a 2002, is that right? And the description of the problem is that you have no gauges on the engine cluster that are functional. You say that it blows a "fuse". Please clarify...is it blowing a fuse, and if so where is that fuse? There really aren't many fuses on a C-36...mostly circuit breakers ("CBs") are used. Is it popping a circuit breaker, and if so where is the circuit breaker and what does its label read?

Where is your boat at present? In a slip, and if so where? Are you stopped during a passage, or have you already arrived? If you're not at your home base, an electrician is probably your best bet, as he/she can help you get underway quickly. The electrical problem may not even be in the engine cluster, but at a remote location, and only the symptoms are appearing at the engine cluster. Do you have your C-36 Owners Manual onboard? There are schematics of your electrical system in the manual.

My manual is on the boat, but I am going to the boat tomorrow. If you provide the info we need, we may be able to help you troubleshoot.

Nancy and other new participants, please see the following thread regarding guidance as to what info to provide and forum courtesy.

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We're only trying to help. Thanks.

Nancy, please confirm that your boat is a 2002, and let us know the hull number.

Assuming a 2002, I am attaching a photo of my (2002) electrical panel. Have a look at it and advise which circuit breaker is "popping". [FYI...a circuit breaker serves the function of a switch AND a fuse, with the advantage that it can be reset after an electrical current overload. The purpose - the mission - of a circuit breaker is to prevent *loss of the vessel* if there is a short circuit in the wiring or in any equipment served by the wiring. A common misconception is that fuses and cbs are there to protect the equipment item connected to them - NOT! They are there to *protect the boat* - a far more noble purpose.]

I brought my manual home today, but still need a little more info to be able to assist. [And even then, I might not be able to help.] It might be helpful to have the answers to the following questons:

1) the label of the CB that is popping;
2) confirm that the engine starts just fine and runs fine;
3) on the bottom of the engine cluster is the On/Off switch for the blowers...does that function properly, ie blowers turn on when selected on and again off when selected off;
4) check the voltmeter on the electrical panel and tell us what the voltage is Before you start the engine, and again After you start the engine (make sure your charger is off when checking this question)...should show about 15 to 16 volts when the engine runs and when engine is shut down should show about 12 to 13 volts;
5) immediately before starting the engine, when you turn the key switch on the side of the engine instrument pod to the 1:00 o'clock position (not the 3:00 position which is the cylinder preheat), do you hear the high-pitched warning tone "peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep" sound?

I recall a bit of info included in the Seaward Products info on the high efficiancy panel upgrade. It stated that the circuit breaker protects the gauges. It will trip if there is a problem with the blower motor circuit.
When tripped the engine will start and run normaly, the low oil pressure and over temp alarm and light will work normally but the gauges will be inop.

I would first try and disconect the blower and see if the breaker resets.
If it does you have a short in the blower circuit, pinched wire, shorted motor or something simple like something falling into the fan of the blower causing it to lock up and pop the breaker.

Brava! Brava! Nice work.